Television networks are boycotting White House press pool coverage amid President Donald Trump’s ban of three outlets.
The president announced on Friday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be barred from accessing the White House, calling the outlets “fake news” in a Truth Social post. On Monday, it seems that others within the press pool are ready to take action to defend their fellow reporters.
According to CNN’s Brian Stelter, the TV pool will be effectively boycotting coverage of the president.
Look:
Email to TV pool subscribers: “Effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President. This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.”
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 21, 2026
“Effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President. This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place,” the memo read.
CNN’s John Berman and Kaitlan Collins addressed what this realistically means for news coverage.
Watch:
This means “that when the president does anything today, there will be no TV camera with the president that is broadcasting and sharing this footage” with the wider press corps and networks around the world, @kaitlancollins reports pic.twitter.com/IfqJVvSwGH
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 21, 2026
“We’ve never seen anything like this before,” Berman said.
“No, and that statement there is really important, John, because it means that when the president does anything today, there will be no TV camera with the president that is broadcasting and sharing this footage of what a president does on a daily basis,” Collins replied.
X users reacted:
What a joke! Plenty of other news outlets to get accurate unbiased coverage. Cry harder. I haven’t watched network TV in 10 years!
— JFS 🇺🇸♥️🤍💙 (@GoodtobeSmart) September 21, 2026
Can’t imagine why nobody trusts you https://t.co/tuAx2emD6X
— Ahlyn Cohen (@ridderain) September 21, 2026
You guys are acting like there is a media monopoly on video cameras and the White House can’t hire some intern to film events.
— Uncle Curtis 🇺🇸 (@GenerallyLeMay) September 21, 2026
Lol – so access to the WH is so critical media outlets are voluntarily not going? You guys make yourselves irrelevant as often as humanly possible 😂😂😂
— Liz Mac (@TheLizMac) September 21, 2026
Real reporting upcoming. Sweet
— MrDirt (@MrDirt66) September 21, 2026
Excellent news! Look forward to some fair reporting for once from independent news sources.
— StarsNScoop (@StarsNScoop) September 21, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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